Dough working device



May 24, 1932. w. G. KlRcHHox-'F 1,860,252

DOUGH WORKING DEVICE Original Filed May 9, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet lINVENTOR. William @Kirchhoff BWM/m?? o EYS.

May 24, 1932. w. G. KIRCHHOFF DOUGH WORKING DEVICE Original Filed May9,I 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR.

lullll l May 24, 1932- w. G. KIRCHHOFF DOUGH WORKING DEVICE OriginalFiled May 9, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 INI/EN TOR.

May 24, 1932- w. G. KlRcHHoFF l 1,860,252

DOUGH WORKING DEVICE Original Filed May 9, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 s e m tI- J INVENTOR.

William ka'rcaff B MM; f?

W @AM `an auxiliary dough molding device pw ment of the invention, theframe l CTV,

Patented May 24, 1932 narra n stares Parent @Ferca WILLLI-,iivrA e,macnnorr, ory omonima-r1, oH1o, asslzononmo THB, J. mnav, CoM- PANY, oncinolnnnmr, ono conformiteit on ono..

DQUGH Wonxrue l nevica i Original applcatonled' May 9, 1928, Serialy NoT276,304. Divided v andf thsrapplicaton ledL September i 25,4931.Semaine. 565,105.,

i. withY a primary dough melder of any approvedy type, for example, suchasis disclosed in my copending application for a dough melderiiledFehruary Q4, 1925and serially numbered 11,086.

An object or" this invention is to provide vvitlil positive meansk foreiecting .d ofa molded loaf from a lprimary mo an auxiliary melder.

Another object is to provide means for the purpose stated, which issimple and effective.

These and other objects are atta'ned by the means described herein anddisclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

F ig. 1 is a side elevational viev: oi the device embodying theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan vievv talren on line ot' F ig. 1 showingdiagrammatically the relationship of parts.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a modiiied form of the device ofthis invention.

Fig. 4 is a plan view taken on line 1-41 of Fig. 3 showingdiagrammatically tte relationship of parts.

rThe device of this invention comprise a frame 7 provided With suitablebearingI S and 9 Which receive shafts 10 and 11 respectively, upon whichare rotatably mounted conveyor rolls 12 and 13. In each embodi- F isprovided vvith an adjustable pressure board 14, a fixed pressure board15, and a conveyor belt 16 extending about the conveyor` rolls. means isprovided for adjusting the pressure board 14: comprising shafts 17 and18 each carrying a pair of cranks 19 provided with arms 20 and 21. Eachof the arms 2O is pro vided with an extending lug 22 adapted to abut thelower face 23 of the pressure board i for retaining said board inadjusted positions relative to conveyor belt 16. The pressure board israised or lowered by simultaneously actuating the cranks 19 which arefired ly secured on shafts 17 and 18. The lower ends of arms 21 areconnected by means ol rodQl-y having',pivotaLmountings at 2li-and 26..,uni iersalxjoint 27- providesaeconnec: tioninbetween thel rod 2A and a-Vnonrotatable screxvcQS upon Wliiehis mounteda hand wheel Rotation ofthehand Wheel serves to reciprocate therod-Qe toriadjusting the pressurelboard..

ln the device disclosed by F ig. 1 ofi-the drav nge., an upwardlyextending. bracket 30 isA shown supporting an `arnialfprovided at itsfree end vvithf aV bearing @which rotatably supports. conveyor,rollerBS- monntedtonaa. shatte. en; arm 35,-.bolted :orotherwise;seicured uponwann 31,. isprovided-at one end with anadjustablebearing hlocle 36in which isretatably mounted a1 conveyorroller .3?. conveyor belt 38- ertend's. aboutthe con.- veyor rolls 38-andi which .are driven, in a counter, clcclravise.k direction; means, ofsprockets 39VK and 40 connecftedzby chaini'l. Sprocket .39 is rotatablevwith; roller` 33.;v and sprocket ,L19` isrotatable with conveyor roller12; Rotat ryniotionis impartedto conveyor roller v12 byimea-ns ofqanidler geareQmesh'- ing with, gears A13V and se mountedl on shaft 10.1anddrum 15 oi aprimany'imolder,,respectively. Idler., gear 112 Y.may berotatably Ymounts d in vsuitablegear casing420;

Y As .indicated by arrow 4:6, the dnum 45: of theiprimarylnolder rotatesin. a .counter clockwise-,direction c Said drumv comprisesaIcylindrical; rolling surfaces? -providedat .each end with conningYangese i andreaA A: resilient. .arcuate pressure board: '50 is disposedbetween' the saidk flanges and: spaced from' the cylindrical member457.-,- Said pressure boa-rdfis; adapted to yieldingly apply. pressureupony a mass of, doughy passingth-rough onto the discharge sheet.. Themassot dough upon reaching, the end 51' of; the ,pressure Vboard V;,Vcontacts ,the doWirWaLrdiy *pmovirn'g conveyor belt; y38.4andv is;positively vprojeuted toward the conveyor heltgl andsprlessure platela.; The; mass of; dough, after .passing i2 f j along the pressure plate14, is discharged at the end 54 thereof onto `a discharge-table 55.

' In the modified form of the device dis-Y closed in Fig. 3, there isshown a conveyor belt 55 which performs the samel function as conveyorlbelt 4.38. of the embodiment shown inV Fig. l. The conveyor belt 55,however, re-VV quires no separate driving means, said belt being drivenby the rfrictional contact thereof upon conveyor-,belt` 16 whichl latteris driven by means of an idler gear 56 engaging.` a. gearl 57 rotatablewith the drum 45 of the .primary molder, and a gear QOViXedly mountedupon roller'shaft l0. .Idler gear 5 (ifn`1ay`V be rotatably mounted in agearL casing. 91 se.- cured, preferablyto the kauxiliary` molder.Meanscomprising a screw 58passingthrough athreaded bear-ing block` 59 isutilized for adjusting the tension of beltr55.v Vrlhe cylindrical massof dough 53 visrprojected onto .the pressure plate 14 in a mannersimilar to that described in the iirst. embodiment ofthe de- V vice. l ci 3 The opertion of the Vdevice .is as dfoll0ws; In each embodiment ofthe inventionthe auxiliary molder is disposed adjacent the scribedmyprimary molder and held in position -byany' suitable means, vsuch as aconnecting bar 60. By this arrangement, the belts 55 and 38, of

thedevice shown in Figs'. 3 and l respectively,

are disposed in close proximity with the rollingsurface 4710i drum 49.As shown in the v drawings, a mass of plastic dough is inserted Y*between thev-rollingsurface of ythe drum andn pressure board 501 ofv theprimary molder,

whereiny the mass of dough is formed into an onerunfthereof projectingtoward the: pri-` n i mary molder drum inv substantial parallelism jwith the pressure Vplate yforo continuing the tion thereo1 into theauxiliary-molder.. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sub-l namethis18Y day` offeptember,

tails of the device, without deartll'lg frQIl the spirit of theinvention. j

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described the comf V7() binationV with aprimary loafmolder comprising a movable drum and aVpressure--boardy forfurther operating uponfthe loaf, a presauxiliary molder vand comprisingaV belt with Y shaping of the loaf and effecting positive v removaloftheloaf from the vprimary molder i`V f drum, said belt-run having ,asmallV diameterV roller :at one extremity thereof located suffic'ciently close tothe molding passage of the Y auxiliary molder so as to'maintain rolling 'f movement of the loaves andi'po'sitiveVin'serelongated cylindrical body 53. As the body 'l 53 is rolledbetween the' pressure board and rollingsurface ,of the drum, it reachesthe point 5l, from whence it is discharged-froml l the primary molder.Positive dischargeof the molded body yis effected by means Vof the Ybolts 38 and 55 moving inthe direction indicated by thearrows. It is tobe understood that in the making of bread, the various machines utilizedare regulated or timedrto .operate on (masses of dough passingoonsecu- Ytively through the dough Working machine.

By meansof the device of this invention posi- .tive dischargel of themolded'loaf from the primary molder to the secondary .molder iseffected, thereby maintaininga given Vsequenceofmolded loaves.`Heretoi'ore, gravvity, was depended upon toy transfer'thefloaf. Itshould be noted that thec'onveyor beltfl Y of the auxiliary'molder is ofgreater `width* ln. y than the drum of theprimary molder. :The Yuseofithe wide beltpl permits ofi-further elongation of the cylindricalVbody 53 after leaving the primary molder.

i; .It is tobe 'understood' that various ,modi-l cations may befmade inthesstruct'uralfdel vB llers 61 may beprovide'd'for facilitating Amoving the device toward androm'its posi- V'tionrelative totheV primarymolder;V r v wrLLrAM e..Kiricmrg)ruff V i

